Party, state, and society in the Russian Civil War: explorations in social history

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INTRODUCTION I Civil War and Social Revolution New Perspectives on the Civil War Sheila Fitzpatrick Civil War and the Problem of Social Identities in Early Twentieth-Century Russia Leopold H. Haimson II The Social and Demographic Impact of the Civil War Introduction: Social and Demographic Change in the Civil War Diane P Koenker oThe City in DangerO: The Civil War and the Russian Urban Population Daniel R. Brower Urbanization and Deurbanization in the Russian Revolution and Civil War Diane P. Koenker The Effects of the Civil War on Women and Family Relations Barbara Evans Clements Commentary: The Elements of Social and Demographic Change in Civil War Russia William G. Rosenberg III Administration and State Building Introduction: Bolshevik Efforts at State Building Victoria E. Bonnell The Petrograd First City District Soviet during the Civil War Alexander Rabinowitch Bread without the Bourgeoisie Mary McAuley State Building in the Civil War Era: The Role of Lower-Middle Strata Daniel T. Orlovsky The Rationalization of State KontolO Thomas F. Remington Commentary: Administration and State Building Ronald Grigor Suny IV The Bolsheviks and the Intelligentsia Introduction: The Bolsheviks and the Intelligentsia Peter Kenez The Professoriate in the Russian Civil War James C. McClelland Natural Scientists and the Soviet System Kendall E. Bailes Intellectuals in the Proletkult: Problems of Authority and Expertise Lynn Mally Commentary: The Revolution and the Intellectuals Diane P. Koenker V Workers and Socialists Introduction: Workers and Socialist Allan K. Wildman Social Democrats in Power: Menshevik Georgia and the Russian Civil War Ronald Grigor Suny The Social Background to Tsektran William G. Rosenberg Commentary: Circumstance and Political Will in the Russian Civil War Reginald E. Zelnik VI The Legacy of the Civil War The Legacy of the Civil War Sheila Fitzpatrick The Civil War: Dynamics and Legacy Moshe Lewin GUIDE TO FURTHER READING CONTRIBUTORS INDEX